PLAY-FIGHT

20 - 26 December 2024, Spain

Christmas Retreat

1 early bird spot left

This year the classical Play-Fight New Year Retreat is going to be celebrated during the Christmas Time instead. The event used to take place in Tuscany and this year Cortijo Caseria Del Mercado will be our host, a stunningly beautiful place located at an altitude of 1200m in the surroundings of Granada and Malaga.

Join us at this exhilarating movement retreat to celebrate the conclusion of more year at a magical place in the Andalusian Mountains

Play-Fight is one of the pillars of Formless Arts. The practice weaves physicality with movement philosophy, shedding awareness into the unconscious resistances towards the gravitational force and the pervasive fear of falling (physically and existentially) that appears as an inherent human condition.

Tensions and adversities are necessary frictions to spark evolution and growth, however when stagnated, accumulated and suppressed below the conscious radar, it may potentially turn out into traumatic events, the source for a myriad of dysfunctionalities externalised on the body-mind system.
The physical drills, orientated in playfulness, focus on recognizing, acknowledging and recycling those harmful lifelong storage of unnecessary hidden tensions and blockages into a self-empowerment cultivation. Play-Fight Practice also regards the ecology of life as an inherent and inescapable interplay between cooperation and confrontation.
ABOUT

We welcome on board movers and non-movers from all kinds of physical disciplines and backgrounds to enjoy a delightful self-knowledge journey through a body-mind-spirit practice that has the power to ignite healing processes by retrieving an important sense of wholeness and integrity of the self.

To whom
ARRIVAL DAY
20th December
Daily Activities
with Bruno and Marina
20 - 25 December
Departure Day
26th December
8:30 - 9:30 Breakfast and goodbye
7:15 - 8:15 somatic breath
8:15 - 9:15 breakfast
9:30 - 12:30 morning movement session
12:30 - 16:00 lunch break
16:00 - 19:00 afternoon movement session
19:30 - 20:30 dinner break
21:30 - 23:00 jams and other evening activities
19:00 - Welcome Dinner
20:30 - Opening Circle
SCHEDULE
Bruno Caverna
Creator of Play-Fight and Liquid-Body practices as well as the founder of Formless Arts and GFP methodology
Since 1985 Bruno has been studying and integrating various body-mind practices such as Capoeira, Acrobatics, Contact-Improvisation, Contemporary Dance, Qi-Gong, Russian Systema Watsu, Freediving, Butyeko Method and Oxygen Advantage. Bruno has made his movement practices a "spiritual"path of self-knowledge and self-actualization, a way to connect to the essence of the being and to realize what human existence is about.
Marina Sekacheva
Dancer, choreographer and teacher in the field of Contemporary Dance and the Formless Arts movement philosophy
Since 2016 she has been a Play-Fight Practice Facilitator and teaching contemporary dance since 2010. Creator of the dance courses - "Dissolution" and "Paper Body". In 2017 she graduated from "Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University", the Institute of Music, Theater and Choreography in St. Petersburg. In recent years, her field of study has combined many different dance styles, martial arts, play-fight practice, liquid body practice and freediving.
FACILITATORS
ACCOMMODATION
There are shared rooms spread in different houses with limited options for private rooms.
MEALS
We offer abundant 3 vegan based meals with occasional options for fish or meat. 90% of the food is organically and locally produced at Corrijo. Almonds, olive and figs are grown in huge quantities along with an array of other fruit and vegetables. We cold press our own extra virgin olive oil :) Food and a cook for your course will be arranged by the farm. Three meals a day can be protein based vegetarian. Our chefs can meet most dietary requirements.
Arriving to Cortijo
The nearest airport to Cortijo Caseria del Mercado is in Granada however flying to Malaga is often a more convenient option due frequency and affordable prices well.

We can arrange a bus from Malaga Airport straight to Cortijo, which takes approximately 2 hours. The price varies between 15 - 25 euros depending on the amount of people committed to share the chartered bus. This communication will become more clear as we approach closer to the event once the group becomes defined as well as knowing participants routes and arrival preferences.
(food and accommodation included)
COURSE FEES
EARLY BIRD
730€
REGULAR PRICE
from 840€ to 1040€
first 10 inscriptions
SLIDING SCALE
Till 1 Sept - deposit fully refundable

  • Till 1 Oct - 50% deposit refundable
  • Till 1 Nov - Deposit non-refundable however 50% can be reused into other Play-Fight event with Bruno till August 2025
  • After 2 Nov - non refundable however the ticket can be transferred to another participant only when arranged by the one cancelling
Cancelation policy
Fill the registration form below.
25 participants Maximum.
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Cortijo Casería del Mercado
The Cortijo is located 1,250 meters high in the mountains bordering the National Park of Sierra Nevada. Nestled between the small villages of Almegíjar and Cástaras, 100 km from Granada. The closest town is Orgiva.
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